Food Safety Education Month

September is National Food Safety Education Month. Learn some important food safety tips here! Take steps to help prevent food borne illness, and show others how to keep food safe. Did you know that some groups of people are more likely to get sick from food than others? These groups are:

Children younger than 5

Adults aged 65 and older

People with health problems or who take medicines that lower the body’s ability to fight germs and sickness

Pregnant women

According to the CDC, every year about 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die from eating contaminated food.

To help protect yourself and your family, the CDC recommends these four steps: